Job description

The Strategic Technology Group (STG) unit at Infosys is designed for power programmers and senior technologists who want to go beyond traditional development roles and take on complex, large-scale technology challenges.The STG unit brings together Specialist Programmers, Senior Technologists, and Technical Leaders who possess deep expertise across software design and development, cloud-native architectures, enterprise platforms, data engineering, and emerging technologies, including generative AI and agentic AI.Members of the STG unit play a strategic role in shaping technology direction, solving complex business challenges, and delivering resilient, high-quality outcomes. They are expected to demonstrate strong technical depth, sound architectural judgment, and hands-on leadership, while mentoring teams and influencing best practices across programs.The STG unit emphasizes software development excellence, innovation, and continuous upskilling. It offers experienced talent the opportunity to work on transformational initiatives, engage closely with stakeholders, and grow as trusted technology leaders within Infosys’ global delivery ecosystem. Job role: Architecture Principal Required skills and experience Experience in Infrastructure and Digital Architecture, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and operability of enterprise systems. Knowledge of the full SDLC, including infrastructure-as-code lifecycle and production operations (build, deploy, run, observe, improve). Experience with Lean / Agile development methodologies, including DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering practices. Experience in Infrastructure-First and AI-First architecture across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), service mesh, CI/CD, observability (metrics, logs, traces), site reliability engineering (SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, incident response), AIOps, and Agentic AI implementation for operations and self-healing systems. Should have played the role of Lead Architect, SRE Lead, or Infrastructure Architecture Lead in the past Should have strong command of resilience engineering, capacity planning, performance engineering, disaster recovery and business continuity, chaos engineering, and FinOps for cloud cost optimization. Should have technology breadth across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), infrastructure-as-code ( for e.g. Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi), container platforms (for e.g. Kubernetes, OpenShift), observability stacks (for e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Splunk), CI/CD toolchains (for e.g. Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD), networking (SDN, load balancing, DNS, CDN), and security (zero trust, IAM, secrets management, vulnerability management), with depth in several of these areas to drive end-to-end infrastructure solutions and implementations. Should have working awareness of the application and data layers that run on the platform, and of how reliability and performance choices affect end users. Should have a very good understanding of EA frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) and operational frameworks (e.g., ITIL, Google SRE practices) and should have applied one or more of them in practice. Preferred skills • Should have high level business and process understanding of one or more industries • Should have personally led & delivered one or more digital transformation program (size > $10m) successfully with tangible business outcomes • Should have very good communication and articulation skills and is able to communicate with right level of abstraction and detail when interacting with CXO, Middle mgmt. and developers • Should be able to do rough order of magnitude estimation and costing to determine the high-level TCO for large programs • Should have deep technology expertise in one or more areas (Digital/Mobility, Customer/User experience, API and Micro services, Search, Content Management, DAM, Commerce, CRM, Order management, Analytics, Cloud and SAAS/PAAS platforms) and should be able to have deep dive discussions with SMEs in this space • Should have zero distance to code and be able review the detailed design, code, configuration, data model and provide specific inputs to the architects and developers • Should have good understanding and exposure to the products and platforms relevant to digital transformation • Should have good understanding of the leading open-source technologies, frameworks and tools in the market • Should have good understanding of leading No SQL databases • Should be able to work as part of a cross-cultural team including flexibility to support multiple time zones when necessary • Experience and desire to work in a Global delivery environment. Qualifications and work authorization • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education. • This position may require relocation and/or travel to work/project location. • Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role now or in the future. Benefits Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Infosys employee you are also eligible for the following benefits: • Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance • Long-term/Short-term Disability • Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts • Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness , Hospital Indemnity, Legal) • 401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level • Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off About Us Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. EEO Infosys provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability.

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Must-haves

Job role: Architecture Principal
Required skills and experience
Experience in Infrastructure and Digital Architecture, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and operability of enterprise systems.
Knowledge of the full SDLC, including infrastructure-as-code lifecycle and production operations (build, deploy, run, observe, improve).
Experience with Lean / Agile development methodologies, including DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering practices.
Should have played the role of Lead Architect, SRE Lead, or Infrastructure Architecture Lead in the past
Should have strong command of resilience engineering, capacity planning, performance engineering, disaster recovery and business continuity, chaos engineering, and FinOps for cloud cost optimization.
Should have working awareness of the application and data layers that run on the platform, and of how reliability and performance choices affect end users.
Should have a very good understanding of EA frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) and operational frameworks (e.g., ITIL, Google SRE practices) and should have applied one or more of them in practice.
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.

Nice-to-haves

Should have high level business and process understanding of one or more industries
Should have personally led & delivered one or more digital transformation program (size > $10m) successfully with tangible business outcomes
Should have very good communication and articulation skills and is able to communicate with right level of abstraction and detail when interacting with CXO, Middle mgmt. and developers
Should be able to do rough order of magnitude estimation and costing to determine the high-level TCO for large programs
Should have zero distance to code and be able review the detailed design, code, configuration, data model and provide specific inputs to the architects and developers
Should have good understanding and exposure to the products and platforms relevant to digital transformation
Should have good understanding of the leading open-source technologies, frameworks and tools in the market
Should have good understanding of leading No SQL databases
Should be able to work as part of a cross-cultural team including flexibility to support multiple time zones when necessary
Experience and desire to work in a Global delivery environment.
Qualifications and work authorization
This position may require relocation and/or travel to work/project location.

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401(K)

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